DESCRIPTION
After winning the World Series title in 2007, can Ivan Chen of the LIU Blackbirds and Jill Malina of the Arizona Wildcats make it two in a row? [974 words]
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
I am an aspiring author and writer from New York who is inspired from television shows, movies, books, etc. Link to my baseball/softball themed stories: https://mybaseballstories.blogspot.com/ [August 2022]
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (39) 1001 Evenings (Songs) A song I wrote based on the Hacken Lee cantopop song of the same name [138 words] [Romance] 2007 College World Series (Short Stories) Ivan Chen and the LIU Blackbirds baseball team reach the College World Series for the second straight year, but will someone familiar in the opposing team affect their chances of winning it all? [998 words] 2007 Little League Baseball Cup - Championship Game (Short Stories) A fictional story about how a 10-year-old boy wound up playing for Little League Baseball [475 words] [Fan Fiction] 2007 World Cup Of Baseball (Novels) This is a summary of a novel that I may never get a chance to write, but is worth taking a look at [2,581 words] [Fan Fiction] 2008 Youth League Baseball And Softball Season (Novels) A novel summary about a fictional baseball and softball league based on numerous actual games I saw. The actual novel may never be written [9,595 words] [Fan Fiction] 2009 Youth League Baseball And Softball Season (Novels) Another baseball/softball-related novel summary, where the actual novel may never be written [9,347 words] [Fan Fiction] 2013 Youth League Baseball And Softball Season (Novels) My third novel-like summary about the fictional Youth League Baseball and Softball League [10,052 words] [Fan Fiction] 2016-2022 Youth League Baseball And Softball Season (Novels) The fourth and final novel-like summary of the fictional Youth League Baseball and Softball League [10,707 words] [Fan Fiction] A Lesbian Turnover (Short Stories) A one-paragraph story based on a scene from a documentary I have a copy of about lesbian rape [248 words] [Erotic] A Second Chance? - Chekhovian (Screenplays) The script for Chekhovian film at New York Film Academy. Former lovers Rachael and Hannah have a chance to reunite when Sally, a girl they both dated, gets in their way [231 words] [Gay & Lesbian] Anna And Yana's Cruise (Short Stories) Two, later three, women finding love aboard a ship [4,014 words] [Erotic] A&P (Short Stories) For English class last year, I was assigned to rewrite John Updike's "A&P" from Queenie's point of view in 500 to 1000 words [948 words] [Writing Resource] Don't Take The A Train (Plays) While visiting his musically inclined cousin Paola, rail buff Shirley explains to her why people should not ride the train service made famous by Duke Ellington [605 words] [Travel] Fear And Obsession (Short Stories) When college senior Rachel learns her best friend forever Hanna is abusing her boyfriend Lindsay, who she finds unattractive and repulsive, she must decide whether to let the violence continue to save... [13,545 words] [Romance] Gnomes And Dolls (Plays) The first of two scenes I wrote for Playwriting class based on the "Will & Grace" episode "Went to a Garden Potty." An aspiring model named Beth and her immature boyfriend Lynn are on the brink of spl... [2,830 words] [Relationships] Good-Bye Old Friend (Poetry) This is a short haiku-like poem I wrote in 8th grade for my school's Class of 2003 yearbook. That year was one of the best years of my life. [12 words] [Self-Help] Hope You Will Not Leave Tonight (Poetry) A short poem that I did for English class two years ago, based on a verse from the Leon Lai song of the same name. [34 words] [Romance] Lesbian Sisters (Short Stories) Two lesbian sisters deciding to practice sex with each other until they can find partners [523 words] [Erotic] Long Island University And The 2006 College World Series (Short Stories) Two best friends, both closing pitchers for the LIU Blackbirds, help propel their respective teams through the 2006 College World Series, but will they make it all the way to the end? [974 words] [Fan Fiction] Long Island University In The 2009 College World Series (Short Stories) Can Ivan Chen and Sarah Gilbert close their final season with the LIU Blackbirds on a high note with a College World Series win? [1,019 words] [Fan Fiction] Lost In The Wilderness: What Guys And Girls Want 3 (Short Stories) A year after Danny moved in with Mary, his skills on protecting the petite shy girl are tested when the two get lost on a hiking trip far away from home [3,352 words] [Relationships] Miranda's Memories (Short Stories) While waiting for the legalization of same-sex marriages in her state, a lesbian recalls how she met her partner and became someone her religious family would not approve [12,209 words] [Gay & Lesbian] My First Lesbian Experience (Short Stories) A young woman in trouble with the law gets a big offer from a female police officer to avoid criminal charges that will change her life forever [520 words] [Erotic] My Summer Of Love (Songs) A song that I also wrote in high school and is based on one of my favorite Leon Lai cantopop songs [215 words] [Romance] Online Friends Vs. Real Friends (Screenplays) Cancer advocate Kristine gets into an argument with Pace University student Ashley after he takes away his donation to her cancer fund because she unfriended him on Facebook [2,865 words] [Drama] Sheepshead Bay Station (Essays) This is an essay I wrote in college about how the subway station I lived by, Sheepshead Bay, has changed from my childhood to today [712 words] [Travel] State Of The Subway Cars Report (R44s-R188s) (Essays) A really long report that I wrote in high school about all the subway cars that currently operate in the New York City Subway system. Since car fleet information can change rapidly, parts of this repo... [3,921 words] [History] The Lesbian Triangle Of Charlie, Priscilla, And Morgan (Short Stories) Following the love lives of three women who dream of being more than just friends [1,931 words] [Erotic] The Love Of Milana And Yuliya (Short Stories) Following the romance of two, later four young lesbian friends [5,920 words] [Erotic] The New York City Subway: Big, But Not Big Enough (Screenplays) The second scene I wrote for Playwriting class that I turned into a screenplay. A railfan named Shirley gives his lover Felicia a short history lesson about the New York City Subway while they wait fo... [2,715 words] [History] The Secrecy Of Discrimination (Short Stories) Based on the "Family Matters" episode "Fight the Good Fight," an African-American girl wants to establish a black history course at her high school, but an unknown racist is trying to stop her [4,100 words] [Drama] The Stranger Behind The Door (Short Stories) A one-paragraph story based on a scene from an old movie I saw [260 words] [Erotic] The (Un)Welcoming Return Of The Brighton Express (Screenplays) A monologue I wrote for Playwriting class based on a post I made on NYC Transit Forums that I converted to a screenplay. A year after telling the history of the New York City Subway to Felicia, Shirle... [840 words] [Travel] Three Strikes, But Not Quite Out (Plays) My final one-act play for Playwriting class, based on the "Will & Grace" episode "Swimming Pools...Movie Stars." Two years after their prized figurines brought them together, the relationship of store... [12,245 words] [Relationships] Trapped! What Guys And Girls Want 2 (Short Stories) When Danny Lynn, having faced the ramification for quitting his job at Pathmark, gets trapped in a fallout shelter with tough girl Alicia three months later, the two develop a bond they thought could ... [3,359 words] [Relationships] Unchangeable In This Lifetime (Poetry) A poem I wrote last year for English Composition based on the song of the same name by Hacken Lee [120 words] [Romance] Undestined Romance (Plays) When college senior Dana reunites with his former personal swimming instructor Libby, who he had a consensual, but illegal relationship when she was 19 and he was just 13, he is forced to explain to h... [3,335 words] [Erotic] What Guys And Girls Want (Short Stories) The life of teenage cashier Danny Lynn will be changed beyond his imagination after he witnesses three young women breastfeeding at the Pathmark where we works [3,356 words] [Mind] When Decisions Backfire (Screenplays) My first full-length multi-scene screenplay, based on the "Family Matters" episode "Grill of My Dreams" and "Will & Grace" episode "Pasts and Presents," Runway Model Beth thoughtlessly volunteers to b... [10,770 words] [Comedy]
2008 College World Series Winson Thai
In June 2008, Ivan Chen and Jill Malina are touchingly reunited after their respective teams reach the College World Series, this time in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Sarah Gilbert and Daniel Butler are not with them as their teams failed to qualify for this series, but the pair promises to root for them from home.
Arizona lost several top players after last year’s series and this would affect them this year. Starter Taryne Mowatt allows only two hits in Game One of Round One to the UCLA Bruins, but makes a crucial throwing error in the bottom of the first. It lets leadoff batter Katie Schroeder reach second. She scores the lone run on Amanda Kamekona’s single. UCLA’s Anjelica Seldon shuts out Arizona, permitting three hits.
Arizona, unable to afford losing another game in the series, faces the Alabama Crimson Tide with Mowatt again as their starter in Game 2. After NCAA’s RBI leader Charlotte Morgan homers in the top of the third, Arizona ties the score in the lower half via Stacie Chambers’ single with two on, but Malina gets thrown out at home on a stolen base attempt to end the inning. The game stays tied until Mowatt collapses in the sixth. She first walks Ashley Holcombe. Whitney Larsen singles with one out. Brittany Rogers’ RBI double extends her hitting streak to 17 games. After a walk, Morgan’s single scores two more runs. Kelley Montalvo’s RBI double makes it 5-1 Alabama. They win by that score. The two-time defending champion Wildcats are swept out of the World Series for the first time since 1990. UCLA and Alabama would fall to the NCAA Division I champions Arizona State Sun Devils in the next round and semi-finals, respectively.
Meanwhile, Chen’s team, the LIU Blackbirds, beats the Rice Owls 6-5 on the semifinals’ Game 1, but is outhit 16-8 and strands 10 men. Rice strands eight, one is caught stealing, and hits into three double plays. John Masklee and Peter Doherty get blown saves by allowing game-tying RBI singles to JP Pardon and Abel Gonzales in the top of the seventh and eighth, respectively. Danny Etkin hits the winning shot in the eighth off of Bobby Bell. Kenny Cedel gets a save. LIU drops Game 2 (Anthony Amatucci in the third hits six straight fouls after two balls, then strikes out swinging off of Matt Evers), but wins the next game.
Versus the Fresno State Bulldogs at the finals, they score five runs in the first, two in the third and one in the fourth off of Jacob Hower in Game 1. Erik Wetzel hits a grand slam in the first for Fresno State, Ryan Overland a three-run shot in the third and Danny Grubb an RBI single in the fifth off of Eric Hinkle, who had with a 5.28 ERA and 1-7 record in the regular season as two relievers on each team pitch three to five scoreless innings. Chen enters in the bottom of the ninth with the score still 8-8. Danny Muno singles with one out. LIU one out later purposely walks the left-handed Jordan Ribera to bring in the right-handed Todd Sandell as Chen is also right-handed, but this puts Muno into scoring position and proves to be a big mistake for LIU. Sandell hits a pitch over the head of left fielder Frank DiMasi. The ball bounces into the seats for a ground-rule double to let Muno score and Chen stands on the mound frozen in shock. While he is this game’s official loser, Hinkle and his continuing struggles are the most discussed topics of the night.
Two LIU errors let the Bulldogs score three runs via three hits in the bottom of the first of Game 2 off of Andy Yawger. They add two more on homers from Jordan Ribera and Nick Hom respectively in the fourth and seventh. Clayton Allison limits LIU to four hits for the first seven innings. They fail to score in the seventh despite having men on second and third with two outs. Bulldogs closer Justin Wilson enters to pitch the ninth. He struck out all three batters he faced in Game 1 to get the win, but cannot make a repeat performance. Dan Pirillo first homers to put LIU on the board as Peter Doherty’s RBI single after a single and walk makes it 5-2 Bulldogs. Miller one out later walks two batters in a row, then hits Sam Sciamarelli with a pitch to make it 5-4 Fresno State. Gene Escat enters to pitch to Frank DiMasi. He hits a soft ground ball to shortstop Todd Sandel. He attempts a game-ending double play, but DiMasi beats the throw to first narrowly to let the tying run score. LIU’s Johnnie Neckar hits an RBI single in the 11th off of Jake Floethe after a walk and two stolen bases. Chen recovers from his Game 1 loss by striking out all six men he faces to earn a win, forcing a Game 3 (LIU commits four of seven errors made in Game 2 and outhits FSU 8-6).
It is tied 2-2 when the Bulldogs load the bases with an out off of Dan Iglesias in the bottom of the ninth. Chen enters to face Ryan Overland, who hits a blooper to left to score the winning run for his team, denying LIU of a second straight world title. Having given up the game-winning hit for the second time in the finals, but Iglesias takes a loss this time as the runners were his responsibility, Chen leaves the field in anger, but is comforted by Jill, Tayrne and Callista Balko, who were allowed to watch from LIU’s dugout.
After the series, Jill takes a vacation in the Bahamas and after realizing how much Ivan needs one due to LIU and Arizona’s disappointing performances, forces him to come with her and have a good time.
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